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Yeah, as a guy who umpired a ton of slow-pitch, (1) that's way higher than a legal slow-pitch pitch (12 ft. limit), and (2) crossed the plate way too high to be a strike. It was probably at least head-high when it crossed the plate. Even a 12-foot pitch caught where the catcher caught it would certainly be high when it crossed the plate.

crossed the plate way too high to be a strike. It was probably at least head-high when it crossed the plate. Even a 12-foot pitch caught where the catcher caught it would certainly be high when it crossed the plate.

I may be missing the point of the softball posts but...you guys do realize there is no maximum height for a pitch in MLB, right? And that amateur, especially slo-pitch, softball rules only loosely translate to MLB? I think you must and you're just talking about stuff but, alas, I can't tell.

I mean, if a guy could throw a ball such that it reached a height of 1000 feet and then fell, more or less, straight down, landing on the plate, it would be a strike, as it would pass through the strike zone vertically. Of course, you'd want to do that with no one on base.

As it is, yes, I think this one was probably a tad high when it passed the plate. Shame.

Tony Horton had a nervous breakdown not too long after this. Completely left baseball behind. Look as he hits his knees and crawls into the dugout right at the end. The dude was wired really tight and what everyone else saw as just goofy (the way the Gorman Thomas-Dave LaRoche thing played out), he regarded as 30,000 people mocking him.